Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-11

that 8 feet Of The street. wU1id fan 0Eel
the elf AID 81 maneied o. The rAiir0ae
trsek- He1oe the e0mpromise Of ~
C0mERny which allows q % foot stree'
to Be made Of the present. South Sew
e1th. while il gives them preemina1l
/ position an the corner Of the blna with
n fest Of extreme edge In which 20 piani
violets and bafteRsups viii net b
changed Tat The proposition, h0v-
ever. will be fszeht In the City Council
there 10 no dsabe Several meDberI
have indicated a. opposition 10 Il Be
cause the Company de n09 propose q
pay fer the tract. Representatives OF
the Company state that they presented
the city with lot Of greater value bat 9
short time since, and thty declare that
II the Council refuses 20 make the grant
the building will not be crested at the
point indicated The proposition e
vaeAte was refsrred 10 . committee 81
the Council 81 the last nesting, and re-
mains there II viii Be necessary 20 ID
vertise the proposed vacation OF the
street some weeks before the Co1ncii
can acs on il finally, - that il VIII be
some tue, at least before any move can
be made IN the matter of building.
POLITICAL HINTS.
Just ct this writing very little IL bsinR
aid absut local politics, bat the Arsl
tWo or three pawns are being shove
out BY way Of making an outlet for the
kings. queens and knights TO Res out
onto the board when the game shall be
fully on IL has been hunted that Ooun-
Gilman Hannah 10 q candidate for the
MayoFalty and will probably seek the
Democratic nomination. It nov ap-
pears that q quiet efert 10 being made
quiet a. yet, e. everything is in this
regard-0n behalf Of ex-MayoF Weis-
baoh for the head of the municipal
ticket at the hands Of q fassion Of ths
WoxkinQmen. Couneilman McGoul-
driek Is mentioned by the sane forces
for Street Commissioner. Il 10 also
given az . piece Of street gossip that no
local ticket will be Pot in the field BY
the Republicans, bat that q citizens
ticket will sct 40 substitute, and shat
W. ID. Tyler, manager Of The Tacoma,
and DR.. BOstwick, figure as possible
candidates for the Mayoralty on thiE
ticket. That Mayor Mann will be re-
nominated there IL no question, but
that be will continue as candidate for
the office, be has not siRnihed.
THE DKLNoUKSTs.
Coqnty Treasurer Murray is busily
wrestling with the delinquents as 20
taxes. His office lie the scene Of q con-
slant strain Of business during offise
boars. OF the city taxes for 1886 there
we're $3723 IS delinquent, of which the
Treasurer has siRce collected &2357 rs,
leaving still 70 be collectsd $l365.42
OF the county assessment the distance
dag has fallen from ten 10 twelve thou
sand-the exact sum has not yet been
figured up-which remains TO be gath
cred in as they come round and blAR-
keted with the usual heavy percentage.
The use Of the blanket as the figure TO
represent the additional percentage may
be taken as carving out that of the
winaed hsrse aud his relation TO the
distance flag, or as representing the
language of those who have the sddi-
tional 10 pay, Just as the reader chooses.
FoR NEEDED RKPAIRs.
The little steamer Bessie broke two
blades from her screw in Henderson's
Bay on Tuesday and was compelled to
fan herself all the way from that port
to Tacoma with the one remaining
blade. Captain Jones simply pot on
more steam and allowed the engine TO
jump, as she coald not help doing with
the orphaned blade single aud alone
trying to pash Puget Sound benin il.
The Bessie arrived nearly on time, was
promptly repaired and started on her
cruise again yesterday. The Clara
BrevR still lies at the dock awaiting
the arrival of her main shaft, wAich
vas broken some days ago and which it
was found necessary to go to Victoria
10 repair.
T.J. Nixon is making arrangements
for the publication Of a monthly isur-
nal, TO be devoted to the discussion Of
religious topics and the dissemination
Of Mr.. Mons views OF the Bible, the
Immortality of the soal and of the future
state Of man.